Improvement in corset skirt-supporters



i dntrd tapes @sind @Wire Letters Patent No. 99,146, dated January 25, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSET SKIRT-SUPPORTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern:

, and supporter, taken at the red line x a; of lig. l; and

Figure 3 represents a similar section, takenat the red line 'y y ofg. l.

Figure 4 represents an extension-piece or flap, which is secured to the corset, but which can be removed therefrom when desired, and in or by which the stiffener is in part or in whole supported.

Figure 5 -represents a horizontal section through the corset, and showing the stiffener in' position.

Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the several separate igures, denote like parts in all of the drawings. ,l

My invention consists, first, in combining with a corset a skirt-supporter, having one or more adjustable extension-straps, or other known adj Listing-device, by which it may be raised or lowered, or allowed to project more or less from the person of the wearer, as may be desired.

And my invention further consists in combining, with the stiffener of a corset skirt-supporter, hooks, straps, or other readily-adj usted fastening and unf'astening-devices, by which said stidener may be regula-ted in or on the supporter.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the same, with reference to the drawings.

A represents a corset, of any of the usual well-known forms of construction or of material; and

B represents the skirt-supporter in question, attached thereto, but so that it may be detached therefrom when desired, and worn, or not, with the corset, at pleasure.

O'is a stiffener, of rat-tau or any other material used for suchpurpose, and may bc secured to the supporter by being inserted in a pocket, a, therein, or by straps, b b, having hooks, c, and eyelet-holes, 1, 2, 3, 85o., connected with them, by which said stitfener may be held and adjusted, or by both pocket and straps, as may be preferred, and the supporter and straps, which may be termed, also, the stiener-holders, may be united to the corset by hooks and eyelets, straps and buckles, tapes, or by temporary stitching, or other wellknown attaching Iand readily-releasing mechanism or device.

In tig. 5, one end of the supporter, viz, that to the. left of said figure, is represented as united to the corset by means of a hook, d, taking into one of a series of adj listing-holes (or eyelets) 4, 5, 6, 850., in the corset, but which may be on a separate piece of leather or cloth, and attached to the corset in a more or less temporary manner.

The other end of the supporter, riz, that to the right of tig. 5, is secured to the corset by slipping Iinto a pocket, c, on or in the corset, but without uniting it immovably in said pocket. j

lo that end of the stiiener in the pocket c, there is secured a strap, j, which extends rearward, and by any one of its series of holes is united to a buckle, g, that is fastened to or on the corset A, so that this end of the stiener, though in the pocket e, may, by its strap and buckle, be extended or projected from the person of the wearer, more or less, as may be required.

I mention the buckle and strap as the adjustingmechanism, because I prefer its use, but tapes, hooks and eyes, and straps may be substituted therefor, without changing the character of the invention; and in describing and representing any special kind of adjustable fastening, I mention that kind which Iind answers a good purpose, but do not limit myself to that kind specially, meaning to use any of the `common known kinds.

lhe pocket a need not extend entirely around the supporter B, but may terminate at h, and the portion beyond h., and between it and the end i may be a flap only, so as to cover or drop over the end of the stiffener and its hook d.

rIhe buckle y, instead of being fastened to the corset where shown, may be put further around, or even on the front of the corset, andthe strap f extend to it there, where it might be more accessible for adjustment, or it may be 'on the stitfener, and the strap on the corset; but these changes are so obvious, that it is scarcely worthwhile to recite them, and would in no wise change the characteristics ofthe invention.

From the description, it will be seen that this sup- .porter can be attached to any and all descriptions of corsets, and that by the use of the adjustable extension-straps, and the means devised for moving-the ends of the stit'eners back and forth, the supporter can be raised and lowered, or can be projected or extended outward irom the person of the user, to a greater or less distance, at the pleasure ofthe wearer.

Both ends of the stilener may be adjusted and held by similar devices, instead of different ones, and by putjected more or less from the person of the wearer, sub-- stantially as and for the purpose described.

Also, in combination with the stffener of :L corset skirt-snpportenthe hooks and eyelets, or strap and buckle, or other similar adjustable fl'tstening-devices, for Inovnfgr and holding,r said stiener further from or nearer to the person of the user or wearer, substan tially :is and for the purpose described.

J. W. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

W. D. BROOKS, J. B. THAYER. 

